The data for this study were obtained from the salaried
personnel of 14 manufacturing firms located in two different
industrial areas of the country. With two exceptions, the number of
employees in these companies ranged between roughly 1,000 and 2,000,
while the size of the management groups ranged from lows of 57-73
to highs of 242-366. Questions were asked about the distribution
of power among divisions of the company, the discretion allowed
employees, the individual influence of employees, and the coordination
of individuals and groups within the firm. The dataset is structured
with the individual employee as the unit of analysis, but the data can
be aggregated on the basis of functional group and/or level within
the organization, as well as by organization and by plant.

The data for this study were obtained from the salaried
personnel of 14 manufacturing firms located in two different
industrial areas of the country. With two exceptions, the number of
employees in these companies ranged between roughly 1,000 and 2,000,
while the size of the management groups ranged from lows of 57-73
to highs of 242-366. Questions were asked about the distribution
of power among divisions of the company, the discretion allowed
employees, the individual influence of employees, and the coordination
of individuals and groups within the firm. The dataset is structured
with the individual employee as the unit of analysis, but the data can
be aggregated on the basis of functional group and/or level within
the organization, as well as by organization and by plant.

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Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

Perrow, Charles. TECHNOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRIAL FIRMS: UNITED STATES, 1967. Stony Brook, NY: Charles Perrow, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Dept. of Sociology [producer], 1967. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1976. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07013.v1

Methodology

Sample:
The data were obtained from the salaried exempt personnel
(from foreman to president) of 14 manufacturing firms located in two
established industrial areas in two different states. The
participating firms represented approximately 25 percent of the firms
contacted, while among the selected personnel the rate of response was
93 percent.

Data Source:

self-enumerated questionnaires

Restrictions: Data users who may be able to determine the names of the
firms, or the areas they were located in, should refrain from
disclosing them in any paper. They should also refrain from giving the
exact number of respondents per firm, since this would facilitate
identification. Instead, they should use ranges or approximate figures.